The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-11-09
FORGIVENESS.
Let Not the Sun 60 Down Upon
Your Wrath"

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Your Wrath"
Love and Charity Should suppia ant All Feel
I"Es Of Nevenge-sermon by Iscv. I. De-
Witt Talmage, ID. ID.
BnooxLYN, Oct. %. DIR. Talmagc took for
his text to-day: Ephesians, w., Is: "Let
not the sun 30 down upon your wrath. :"
Or. Talmage said: What pillow en-
broidered Of Ill colors hath tho dying day
Tue cradle OF clouds from which the sun
rises is beautiful enough, but it Is sur
passed by the many-coored mausoleum in
which at evening it is buried. Sunset
among the mountains! 1t almost takes
ones breath away TO recall the sccne.
Inc long shadows, stretching over the
plain mako the glory Of the departing
light, on the tip-top crags and struck
aslant through the foliage tho more tran
spicuous. Saffron and gold, purple and
crimson commingled. All the castles
OF cloud in conflagration. Burn
ing Moscows on tho sky Hang
Ing gardens Of roses at their deepest
blush. Banners OF vapor, red as il from
carnage in the battle OF the elements. The
hunter among the Adirondacks, and the
swiss villager among the Alps, know what
Is . sunset among the mountains. Aftor a
storm at sea the rolling grandeur into
which the sun goes down to battle at
nightfall is something to make weird and
splendid dreams out Of for lifetime.
Alexander Smith, in his poem, compares
the sunset to "the barren beach of hell -
out this wonderful spectacle Of nature
makes me think OF the FURNISHED wall OF
Heaven. Paul in prison, writing my text,
remembers some of the gorgeous sunsets
among the mountains Of Asia Minor, and
how he had often seen the towers Of
Damascus blaze in the close of the Oriental
days, and he flashes out that memory in
the text when he says: "Let not the sun
60 down upon your wrath"
Sublime and l-suggcstiye duty for peo-
pie then and people now. Forgiveness be-
fore shutdown. He who never feels tho
throb of indignation is imbecile. He who
can walk among the injustices Of the
world, inflicted upon himsalf and Others,
without flush of cheek, or flash of eye, or
agitation OF nature, is either in sympathy
with wrong or semi-idiotic. When Ananias,
the high priest, ordered the constables of
she courtroom to smite Paul in tn. mouth,
Paul fired up and said: God shall smite
thee, thou whited wall" In the sentence
Immediately before my text Paul COM
mands the Ephesians: "Be ye angry and
sin not"
tall depends on what you are mad at
and how long the feeling lasts whether
anger is right or wrong. Life is full Of
exaspcrations. Saul after David, Succoth
after Gideon, Korah after Moses, the
Pasquins after Augustus, the Phar-
1sees after Christ, and every one has had
mis- pursuers, and we are swindled, or be-
lied, or misreprcsented, or prosecuted, or
In some way wronged, and the danger is
shat healthful Indignation shall become
baleful spite, and that our feelings settle
down into prolonged outpourng of tenn
per displeasing to God and ruinous to our
selves, and hence the important injunction
OF the text: "Let not the sun 20 down
upon your wrath"
Why that limitation to- ones anger!
Why that period Of flaming vapor set to
punctuate flaming disposition! What
has the sunset got to do with ones resent
full emotionss Was it a haphazard senti-
mont written by Paul without special sig
nificances No. no; think of five reasons
why we should not let the sun set before
our temper sets:
First, because twelve hours is long
enough to be cross about any wrong in
tlictcd upon us. Nothing is so exhaust
ing to physical health or mental faculty
Is protracted indulgence Of ill-humor
1t racks the nervous system. 1t hurts the
digestion. 1t heats the blood in brain and
heart until the whole body is first over
heated and then depressed Besides that
1t sours the disposition, turns one aside
from his legitimate work, expends ener.
gies that ought to he better employed. and
docs more harm than it does our antag-
onist. Paul gives US good, wide allow.
ance OF time for legitimate denunciation,
from six O'CLOCK to six o'clock, but says
s'Stop therew Watch the descending orb
Of day, and when it reaches the horizon
take reef in your disposition. Unloose
your collar and cool off. Change the sub.
feet to something delightfully."- pleasant.
Unroll your tight fist and shake hands
with some one. Bank up the fires at the
curfcw bell. Drive the growing dog OF
onmiU back to its kennel The hours Of thi
morning will pass by, and the Afternoon
will arrive, and the sun will begin to set
and beg you on its blazing hearth throw
oil your feuds, iuvectives and satires.
Other things being equal, the man who
preserves good temper will come out ahead
An old cssavist SAYS that the celebrated
John Henderson, of Bristol, England, wa
at a dining party where political excite
ment ran high, aud tho debate got angry
and while Henderson was speaking his on
pOncnt, unable 10 answer his argumen,
dashed glass OF wine in his face, whe
the speaker deliberately wiped the liqui
from his face and sail: "This, sir, is d
grcssion; now, il you please, for the mai
argument" While worldly philosoph
could help but very few in sue
equipoise of spirit, the grace Of Go
could help any man to such tr
umpa. Impossible" You say; II woui
have either left the table in anger or hav
knocked tho man down." But have com
TO believe that nothing is impossible
God help, since what l saw at Beth-Sha
faith cure in London, England, two sun
mers ago. While the religious servic
r.. u
Gus man! since gone to his Heavenl
rest, was telling the scores OF sick peopl
present that Christ was there as of old
heal all diseases, and that, if thcy woul
only believe, their sickness would depar